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GeezerVison is showing github.com — docs: add Troubleshooting section for dim screen captures and slider brightness jump by ankitdhandharia · Pull Request #1913 · MonitorControl/MonitorControl

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@ankitdhandharia ankitdhandharia commented Sep 23, 2026

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Adds a Troubleshooting section to the README covering the two most frequently repeated support questions for displays without hardware (DDC) control:

  1. Screenshots / screen recordings / screen sharing look dim — explains that shade-overlay dimming is captured while gamma-table dimming is not, and how to fix it by turning off Avoid gamma table manipulation.
  2. Brightness jumps suddenly at a point on the slider — explains the software/hardware dimming handover on non-DDC displays and the same fix.

Why

The README has no Troubleshooting/FAQ section, yet these two questions recur often in Issues and Discussions and are answered the same way each time by the maintainer, e.g. #1446, #1252, #1388, and discussions #1453 / #1189. Documenting the cause and the one-setting fix in the README should reduce repeat questions and help users self-serve.

This is docs only (README.md); no code changes. It is complementary to the open code fix in #1877 (which excludes the overlay from capture for real displays) — the docs also cover the gamma default and the slider-jump case, which that PR does not.

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@ankitdhandharia
docs: add Troubleshooting section for dim captures and slider jump
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Document why software-dimmed non-DDC displays appear dull in
screenshots, screen recordings, and screen sharing (shade overlay is
captured; gamma dimming is not), and how to fix it by disabling
'Avoid gamma table manipulation'. Also explain the sudden brightness
change at the software/hardware dimming handover on non-DDC displays.

These are among the most frequently repeated support questions in
Discussions/Issues; the README previously had no Troubleshooting or
FAQ section covering them.
@waydabber waydabber added the in progress Issue currently being worked on label Sep 26, 2026

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